Then I took a walk to Westminster
Abbey which is amazing
too.
Had my
photo taken outside
by a nice lady and then went and sat in Parliament Square until
about 10.57am when I rang Mum - I picked that time specially -
I knew that probably only she would be up and I told her where
I was sitting and that Big Ben was in front of me and that Westminster
Abbey was beside me and then the clock struck 11.00am and began
to chime and Mum said that she could hear it!
I thought that was pretty cool.
Then I went inside Westiminster Abbey.
It cost
£6 pounds but was worth every cent
It is completely amazing...lots of people are buried inside the
Abbey.
I saw the
tombs of Mary Queen of Scots
and Elizabeth
the First and quite
a number
of Kings
I saw the sword of King George VI, and The High Altar, and the Coronation
Chair which has been
used for all coronations since 1302 - that is quite hard to comprehend
considering Australia is only just over 200 years old!
The Quire
was also amazing -
so old and so much work went into carving and building it - it
is where the choir sits.
Very hard to describe so I brought postcards of things I wanted
to remember and show you.
The stained
glass windows far surpassed
anything I have seen before as was the intricate work on the ceilings.
You will hopefully get more of a feel for it when you get the
postcards.
I also
saw where David Livingstone was buried
I think by that sounds of it he was the "Dr Livingstone I
presume?" character.
The engraving on the floor said that he was a missionary and explorer
type - I could be completely wrong but I think it sounds reasonable!
Also lit
a candle in The Nave where The
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is
The Nave is a place in the Abbey where they ask you to be silent
while wandering around and on the hour they ask you to be still
while they read a prayer over the speaker system.
It was a very moving moment.
The Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier was worth paying the £6 pounds for
alone
It was quite special to stand there and read the inscription.
I also saw the US Congressional Medal that was laid on the tomb.
They have it hanging on a pillar just beside it.
Then I walked outside and I thought of Mum, because that is where
they had the funeral for Diana and I remember seeing the gates
on the telly and the male family in a line behind the coffin.
Click the
logo - a brochure sent over by Tanya - it gives a lot of information
on the Abbey, Click the
logo to go to the Westminster Abbey web site